DTC TELEHEALTH PLATFORM
Tessic vs Beluga Health
Tessic Health runs an entire telehealth clinic under a client's brand, with economics published before the first call. Beluga Health is a physician-founded, LegitScript-certified DTC platform with a tested async prescribing workflow that DTC brands trust for clinical credibility, but its pricing arrives as a custom quote after a sales cycle. Same white-label category, different depth and different transparency.
$25
Flat per completed consult
0%
Medication markup
0%
Revenue share, on every plan
50
States with licensed providers
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Feature by feature
Every Tessic Health cell is a published term. Where Beluga Health does not publish an answer, the row says so rather than guessing.
| Feature | Tessic Health | Beluga Health |
|---|---|---|
| Clinic operated for the brand | Yes. Providers, pharmacy, billing, retention, and compliance, all run by Tessic | Yes |
| Licensed providers in all 50 states | Yes, on every plan from day one | Yes |
| No medical license required to launch | Yes. MSO and friendly-PC drafted for the client's ownership | Yes |
| Launch in days | Yes. The clinic already runs; the brand plugs in | Not publicly stated |
| Transparent, published economics | Yes. Every fee is on the pricing page | No |
| Flat per-consult fee | Yes, $25 | Not publicly stated |
| 0% medication markup | Yes. Wholesale pass-through on every order | Not publicly stated |
| No revenue share | Yes. Not a percent, on any plan | Not publicly stated |
| Wholesale pharmacy network | Yes, at 0% markup with cold-chain delivery | Yes |
| E-prescribing and EPCS built in | Yes, including controlled substances | Yes |
| Cold-chain home delivery | Yes, on every plan | Not publicly stated |
| Lab ordering | Yes, included | Not publicly stated |
| Subscription billing and dunning | Yes, with failed-payment recovery | Not publicly stated |
| Automated retention workflows | Yes (Grow and above) | Not publicly stated |
| Revenue and retention dashboards | Yes (Grow and above) | Not publicly stated |
| MSO / friendly-PC structure included | Yes, drafted and maintained by Tessic | Not publicly stated |
| LegitScript application managed | Yes, prepared and filed as part of setup | Not publicly stated |
| Full data ownership and export | Yes. Patients, records, and data leave with the client | Not publicly stated |
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The verdict
Choose Tessic Health
The brand gets a complete, operated telehealth clinic behind its own name with published economics: providers licensed in all 50 states, wholesale pharmacy with cold-chain delivery, subscription billing, retention automation, and analytics, with the client owning the patients, records, and data from the first consult and Tessic taking no cut of revenue.
Choose Beluga Health only if
The buyer is a DTC brand that values a physician-founded badge and a proven async workflow above everything else, and is willing to take a custom-quoted deal to get it. That buyer gives up a published per-consult fee, a stated medication markup, and the billing, retention, and analytics layer Beluga does not include, so its margin stays unknown until late in a sales cycle. Tessic Health delivers the same 50-state providers and pharmacy fulfillment with those layers included, on $25 consults, 0% markup, and no revenue share printed on the pricing page. The brand that can model its clinic before the first call is the brand on Tessic Health.
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Where Tessic Health differs from Beluga Health
01
Published economics a brand can model today
Tessic Health prints $25 per completed consult with 0% medication markup and no revenue share. Beluga publishes no rate card, so margin stays unknown until late in a sales cycle.
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A complete operated clinic, not just visits
Tessic bundles subscription billing with dunning, retention automation, and revenue analytics together with providers, pharmacy, and compliance. Beluga's public scope centers on visits, prescribing, and fulfillment.
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The client owns the money path
Tessic takes no cut of revenue; the client owns the billing relationship and the patients, with full data export. No per-patient cut ever grows with the brand.
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Tessic Health and Beluga Health, side by side
| Tessic Health | Beluga Health | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | A fully operated telehealth clinic: licensed providers, pharmacy, e-prescribing, patient software, subscription billing, retention automation, analytics, and compliance, all running behind the client's brand from day one | White label DTC telehealth platform with a managed clinical back end |
| Provider network | Licensed providers in all 50 US states, credentialed under the client's brand and managed by Tessic | Licensed providers across all 50 states, async review model |
| Pharmacy fulfillment | Wholesale pharmacy at 0% markup with cold-chain home delivery, e-prescribing and EPCS built in, labs, and controlled-substance coverage | Partner pharmacy fulfillment for DTC prescription verticals |
| White label | Fully branded end to end: storefront, patient portal, intake, and patient communications under the client's name, with a branded mobile app available as an add-on | Fully branded storefront and patient experience under the brand's name |
| Compliance | HIPAA with a BAA for every client, an MSO and friendly-PC structure drafted and maintained by Tessic, LegitScript application prepared and filed, DEA-compliant EPCS, and SOC 2 Type II, SSO, and an uptime SLA on Scale | HIPAA-compliant platform; LegitScript certified; MSO structure not publicly detailed |
| Pricing model | Published on the website: a flat monthly platform fee plus a one-time setup fee, month to month, with $25 per completed consult and no revenue share | Not publicly listed; custom quotes through sales |
| Medication markup | 0% markup, wholesale pass-through. No revenue share. The margin on every order belongs to the brand | Not publicly listed |
| Who runs operations | Tessic runs the clinical and back-office operation: provider staffing, prescribing, pharmacy coordination, compliance, and patient follow-up. The client runs the brand and the marketing | Beluga runs clinical operations behind the brand; the operator runs marketing and acquisition |
| Treatment categories | Weight care (GLP-1s), hormone therapy and TRT, sexual health, skin, hair, mental health, longevity and peptides, primary and urgent care, all included on every plan | Weight management plus men's, women's, and skin verticals via async consults |
| Time to launch | Days. The providers, pharmacy, and compliance structure already operate as one platform, so the brand plugs in and starts taking patients | Not publicly listed; scoped per deal |
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Beluga Health pricing vs Tessic Health
Tessic Health
- Published pricing a brand can model before committing
- $25 flat per completed consult, month to month
- Launch $1,000/mo after an $8,000 setup; Grow $2,000/mo after $15,000; Scale $4,000/mo after $25,000
- 0% medication markup, wholesale pass-through
- No revenue share
- Patients, records, and data leave with the client, any time
Beluga Health
- No public rate card; pricing quoted through sales
- No published per-consult fee or platform fee
- Medication markup and any revenue share not publicly stated
Beluga Health pricing as verified on its public site and 2026 roundups on Sep 4, 2026; Beluga quotes deals individually.
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What Beluga Health is and who it is for
Beluga Health is a physician-founded telehealth company serving direct-to-consumer prescription brands. Its pitch is clinical credibility: licensed providers, async medical intake and review, pharmacy fulfillment, and compliance, delivered as a white-label package a brand sells under its own name. Public roundups consistently place Beluga on the shortlist for DTC founders who want a medical team behind the brand rather than pure software.
The platform covers the standard DTC verticals, including weight management, men's and women's health, and dermatology-style async consults, with prescribing through licensed providers and fulfillment through partner pharmacies. Its LegitScript posture is the unlock many brands buy it for, since certification is the gate to Google and Meta advertising for prescription telehealth.
Tessic Health runs the same category of infrastructure: licensed providers in all 50 states, wholesale pharmacy with cold-chain delivery, e-prescribing and EPCS, labs, subscription billing, retention automation, and analytics, plus the MSO and friendly-PC structure and the LegitScript application prepared and filed as part of setup. The split is transparency and scope. Beluga quotes custom deals behind a demo, while Tessic prints a flat $25 per completed consult with 0% medication markup and no revenue share on its pricing page, month to month, with the client owning the billing relationship and the patients.
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Beluga Health at a glance
- Founded
- Physician-founded, per its site
- Category
- DTC white label telehealth
- Compliance
- LegitScript certified, per its site
- Model
- Async prescribing workflow for consumer brands
- Typical customer
- DTC prescription brands
- Pricing
- Not publicly listed; custom quotes
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Where Beluga Health stands out
Every real strength Beluga Health has, with the Tessic Health answer beside it.
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Clinical pedigree founders trust
Physician-founded positioning with a tested async prescribing workflow gives risk-sensitive DTC brands a credibility story for partners and ad platforms. On Tessic Health every clinical decision is made by licensed providers in all 50 states, practicing through a friendly-PC inside an MSO structure drafted for the client's ownership, so the credibility belongs to the brand rather than to its vendor.
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LegitScript certification
A certified posture unlocks Google and Meta advertising for prescription telehealth, the same gate every serious DTC brand must clear. Tessic Health prepares and files the LegitScript application as part of setup, in the brand's own name, so the certification that opens those ad platforms is the client's asset rather than a vendor's badge it borrows.
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Proven DTC async workflow
Intake, provider review, and fulfillment tuned for high-volume consumer flows rather than enterprise clinical programs. Tessic Health runs that same consumer flow and keeps going after the prescription: subscription billing with failed-payment recovery, retention automation, and revenue and LTV dashboards are part of the platform, and the flat $25 consult means high volume never becomes a hidden cost.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions about Beluga Health and Tessic Health.
Yes. Beluga supplies licensed providers, async prescribing, and pharmacy fulfillment that a brand sells under its own name. Tessic Health covers the same white-label ground as a fully operated clinic with billing, retention, and analytics included, on published flat-fee economics.
Beluga does not publish pricing; deals are custom-quoted through sales. Tessic Health publishes $25 per completed consult with 0% medication markup and no revenue share, Launch at $1,000 a month after an $8,000 setup, Grow at $2,000 after $15,000, and Scale at $4,000 after $25,000, month to month.
For DTC brands that want clinical credibility plus transparent economics and a fully operated clinic with billing and retention, Tessic Health is the buyer-fit alternative. Brands that rank physician-founded pedigree above pricing transparency stay with Beluga.
Beluga supports weight management among its DTC verticals via async consults and partner pharmacy fulfillment. Tessic Health operates weight care programs with GLP-1s, plus hormone therapy, peptides, and every other included vertical, under the brand's name, with cold-chain delivery and 0% markup on the medication.
WHAT TO ASK
Six questions for every partner on the list.
The answers separate a clinic you own from a clinic you rent.
01
Who owns the patients?
Ask whether patients, records, and data leave with you on day one of a cancellation, and what that export looks like in practice.
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What is the medication margin?
A markup on medication is a hidden revenue share. Ask for the wholesale invoice next to what you are billed.
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Is there a revenue share?
Percent-of-revenue terms scale against you. Flat platform fees do not.
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How many states on launch day?
Coverage that fills in over quarters is a launch that happens over quarters. Ask for the licensed count today.
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Who holds the legal structure?
Ask who owns the professional corporation, who drafts the MSO agreement, and whether it is drafted for your ownership.
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What is the contract term?
Month-to-month is only offered by partners confident the clinic performs. Multi-year lock-ins say the opposite.
SOURCES
Beluga Health facts checked against public sources as of Sep 4, 2026. Beluga Health information comes from the public sources above as of Sep 4, 2026; where a figure is not published, it is stated as not publicly listed rather than estimated. Tessic Health claims restate what tessichealth.com publishes elsewhere. All trademarks belong to their respective owners, none of whom endorse this page. Offerings and pricing may have changed since review.